Water-bicycle.



Mmmm MAR. 24, 1909i J. L. HENRY.

WATER BGYGLE.

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3. L. HENRY.

WATER BlCYCLE.

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TTNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE..

JOHN LEEPER HENRY, OF 'WATSONVILLE,CALIFORNIA.

'WATEBABICYCLE Specicetion of Letters Patent. Patented March 24, 190@Isputum mm1 my 2s, 19o?. i serial No. 335,464.

end portions of the Teer shaft 7.0, two .drums Q, siniilm' to the drums8, are mounted and seeured and, as shownin Fig. Lthedsrumsnre preferablygiven polygonal storni', having .any 60 nuinher of sides that will bestadept them for se1v'iee. Upon the drums 8 and 9, that snedspodoppositely et each side of the maolfime., two similar endless, buoyantyn'opellei hands me 65 .iii/JZ miem it mog/Cometh :nimm tint I, JOHNLEEPEB. HENRY, e *he United States, and a resident of 1 in the eountyrofSenta Cruz end 'torni' have li'ivented n new and Bieyeie, of whichthefol si full. eiesi, find exact desoription. el" t.,v As invention isto provide of construction for' a. hiefcle,

lo whi ,i editi fit ior easy and m `idV propo sion respectively mountedat their looped ms. i `l nvm' the smieoe of moody of Water, Eachpropeller hand consists .of .e suitable nuimbea of hermetically sealedtlots i6",

preferably inieetangiulm box form, tavg dimensions, tl'aat should be sopor 70 portioned ,es .to permit the inuenmost Bal-files of the ioets toseat upon Tes l otiite .si-des of penf'led elnims. I the yolygonalperipheries of et e .drums 8.3m Reifen-.imi is to he hed to theeeoompnny 9. Phe box-like 'iosts 10C are nonnen-ted' ahw wings forming epart of this specifieetogether flexibly in sequence,l either by 75 no.,in which similar characters ofreierenoe inountin' them upon en endlessbend or" indicate foi'irespoiiding parts in ell the iggures. preferiti)y hingng togethein their adjacent idg/uro l e side View of s deviceembody inner edges, as shown at to in Fig. 3. The

.ing my invention; Fig. 2 is s front elevation propeller bands arerendered taut so as to of the sinne; Fig. 3 is a plsu viewof theiinopelete effectively, and upon each hand., at 30 prov nent, and Fig. 4is :in enlarged tmnssuitable intervals, a series of redis-l hledes llsectional view of details7 suhstantielly effe secured, Whicix aredisposed on the outer 4 in Fig. '1. surfaces of the hands for engagementwith ine of thiwlevioe thst supports e. the Wntoiwhen themachinesoperet'ed.

.fit laissent constructed in the form in, the iront frame post 5, s.steering rod td 35 employed for s popularstyle .is positioned, havingehmidle ber 5e of usuel shes, and l'n-ieliy desoi'ihod con? form securedtiaiis'versely upon thelpper end theiooi, und njon the lower end of saidinitrd tulfndszi' post 5, s ssddie I .td,intfhnedrem-werd similarly Tod,n mulder hiere 5'Q is carried that by this the devies to he guided inany desiied diieetion.

ilke invention -eonsists inthe novel con struc-tion und comhiniition oi'parts, es is hereinafter described and defined in 'the ap" imi give-wth@forwed post, a, niet T, s. top l/Tzice ti, that extends post end tnomiddle post innnipuietion of the handle bei", gives direc-J 90 tion tothe ilonting maeiiine when the letter is propelled. There is e saddlemounted upon the post i3, wliei'eon the operator of the :nino-hiss mayhe sented, so that he Issy operate 'thepednls sind control thedirec/tion. @5

oi the machine hy mmlipulstion. of 'the hem y die bei* 51 'Upon thepedal shaft 1.1.03, e

,flic tubulin iront freine @est spioeizet geen bis seeureihsnd. a,simile?l getti" rnd merges into s. fmi-limhod c is affixed. upon thefes? .axle 2"opposite the fw two indes oi' sh zt s". The reni "Theopeintioii of the machine is extremely o' imm/nis ioiiliod, pioviding;twv de sind reliiihle, it being understood that nl :s 7 tim'. mi@:illixed Upon n the device in coinpleteonditiois is placed in J mi;tidiiaixii hos'. Y, ii'lieioin s.. sli/rif or e hotly of mitm' hnvingsufficient depth to 105 dammi zuid adapted l'or i'oifttion, tlostt thestructure and 'the opei's'ioi thei'eo-n.

zt l' nos 7 tends hetweon tho iioxesllf 'llh 'hie/des iti on the lower:ruins oi the end l W. Upon the tw) i'owefniwl pioij'ellei hands thatsro Testing'in the too simiizir drums 8 nro mounted mld sew ier, iviii.forcibly press ngeinst tlie iettsi (gmini, :i soicient.spans seingallowed vheW mien the operator io'tetes the rem elle "7" 11G and drm'nsil, which: wiil cause the longitudi nid. moi/ement ot theiipper andioWei runs of' hmoe which oomiects the' a. hoimmiil trani-swr 2 I l l.its on 1, pedid ,ads its we l iii in in d li-ums to accommodate theloiii ifiiftmhoi's o; the iront immo post @n the if thc rudder is turnedto el'l'ect such aV change in direction. .lt is evident that bypedalingl in n Well-known manner, the direction ci the machine may bereversed or run baelumrd so that perfect control ol' its niovelnent is10 afforded.

l.While l have shown the invention as npplied upon e. bicycle to bedriven by the ipplied power of the operator, l Wish it understood thatl. ni ay use other power l'or oper tim of the device, such as :iy motorbicycle o available forni.

rwing thus described my invention,

@im :is new and desire to secure b v Letters etent:

l. A device ofthe class described, .comH z-vfisng n traine, spaced axlesjournaled on :he frame, L hollow Water-tiglit drinn havir 1;- polygonalcontour secured on the ends el' nach axle, endless bands formed of aseries ol Water-tight rectangular boxes hinged to ether et adjacentcorners, lrunning on ile r ruins, the boxes composing the bands being 5naine lo hi specilcnlion in the esame means for rotating the drinne.

The combimdion with a, imm@ spaced axles i :liable mi the frame. sindmeans for rotatif one )y fooi, power, of two hol.-

w.' welter-tight diinns secured on respective ends olI e i axle, :seidoums having polyg one! lenteurs, two endless hands, each band lormed ofn scri el' walerwigfht rectangular boxes hinged to'ff'licr et ediecenlcorners, die bonds hf` looped ends', hoses conihnving eoniul throughout,f respective sides on the Q el the drums ,fliercen said bmids thm ririieriphc nre moi. i ed, meen" for rotating; the drums bj,Y applic outpo find bhides rsulmting A df'm'ns at intervals,

in testimony `whereof v have i ined inf;

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